Don’t sneer at those who mourn Peaches

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Even in today’s cynical age we would be heartless not to feel a pang for a young woman whose story we know

There was an outcry when Peaches Geldof’s death led the BBC News. Who was she anyway but a “daughter of . . .” who parlayed her hereditary fame into a bit of modelling, a little journalism, some tattoos and flame-outs before settling down to make babies.

No Oscar winner or Nobel laureate, she didn’t change the world or produce a single thing that will last in the memories of any but her own family. So why then did my mother-in-law rewind the TV bulletin to hear the story? Why did social media catch fire with RIPs and expressions of sorrow? Why did I